Gimme a min for the write up... bloody work getting in way
Well . . . it's the greatest concert film ever made.
We did have it on the @BlueHammer85 thread.
Question is always is it the entire film soundtrack stem to stern or is it the abbreviated 8-song original release.
It's also a greatest hits.
So lots of cross-currents.
But regardless will obviously get a high rating from me :)
Yes, I never bought nor listened to the original release because it was such a disappointment -- why not release the entire soundtrack? And then eventually they did, and as much as I love TH first five studio records, this one is the one I play the most because it picks from all of them. I thought Little Creatures was awfully overrated though I didn't hate it, and then their last two were not at all good. So SMS catches them right at pinnacle of their career IMO.Just looked, last year's deluxe remaster has 18 tracks.
I adore the opening several songs as the players come on stage one-by-one. It's brilliant.I was tempted to go for Speaking In Tongues, but it was sentiment that made me go for this as it was the first band that I really got into and one of the few besides New Order, Smiths & Mellencamp that I have every album.
I am minded to go for the deluxe edition as it was Heaven that made the concert for me along with Take me to The River
Complete agree - watched it a few months ago. It’s timeless and brilliant!Well . . . it's the greatest concert film ever made.
We did have it on the @BlueHammer85 thread.
Question is always is it the entire film soundtrack stem to stern or is it the abbreviated 8-song original release.
It's also a greatest hits.
So lots of cross-currents.
But regardless will obviously get a high rating from me :)
I'm with you on this, no idea what the fuss was about, still, it's a greatest hits sort of so that can't be all bad...can it?A group that I have only liked a couple of songs.
I can remember not really getting what all the fuss was about.
Damn right. We had a Betamax.Back then not everyone had a VHS player (I think at the time we were actually renting ours),
I'm with you on this, no idea what the fuss was about, still, it's a greatest hits sort of so that can't be all bad...can it?
On another note, it's a live album supposedly, hard to score properly if they are shit in concert.
Damn right. We had a Betamax.
That movie is my 80’s encapsulated in 1hr 28mins.TALKING HEADS – STOP MAKING SENSE (LIVE) (1984)
I can’t recall where I heard my first snippet of this album. It certainly wasn’t anything my parents were into, not my older brother for that matter. I think it must have been something off the radio, but I do recall that first track being “Slippery People”. It was then a trip into Penny Lane Records in Chester to get the 12inch of the single. With no internet back then and pre my real interest or regular purchase of any music press, it was the live “B side” of “This Must Be The Place/Naïve Melody” that gave me a glimpse of what was to be one of my favourite albums of all time….”Stop Making Sense”.
It was a trip back to Penny Lane where I actually bought the VHS of the concert which was great. Back then not everyone had a VHS player (I think at the time we were actually renting ours), which limited the ability to have your mates listen to this new band I had discovered. So it was back again to buy the vinyl……which has subsequently been updated, with the CD and the full concert album at a later date. For me though it’s a case that I actually “saw” this album” before I actually listened to it (in its most recent format}
So which ever version of the album you listen to (not sure what the usual etiquette is for this) I think you will still get the marvel of the album. (Original album tracks are in bold if going simply on that version although not necessarily in the order below)
Starting with, “I just want to play you a tape” and the simplicity of “Psycho Killer”, running into the beauty of “Heaven”…and thinking that Tina Weymouth was pretty fit. Then we start to slowly build the songs (stage), the band, sound, energy and fun, that comes across on the tracks with Chris Frantz joining.
I think that last few weeks on this thread have made me realise the importance of a great rhythm section, whether it be Bruce/Baker, Butler/Ward or Black/Burnell, with Frantz/Weymouth being a pretty good match for those prior pairings.
I wasn’t sure as to whether to put this one up, as it could possibly have been classed as a Greatest Hits album, but with having had Jerry Lee a while back I thought I was OK…otherwise you may have got Gerry/YNWA!
So besides the quality songs I think you get the energy and quality here. David Byrne as a great frontman, Jerry Harrison with his keyboards and guitar and that aforementioned rhythm section. All augmented by Worrell/Weir/Scales & backing singers it reaches its end with the wonderful cover of “Take me to the River”…or “Crosseyed & Painless). An album that goes from simplicity and a little fragility I think in Byrnes voice, to the full on energy, funk and fun.
Whichever one you listen to I think it will bring a smile to your face…..
"Psycho Killer"
“Heaven”
“Thank You For Sending Me An Angel”
“Found A Job”
"Slippery People"
"Burning Down the House"
“Life During Wartime”
“Making Flippy Floppy”
“Swamp”
“What a Day That Was”
“This Must Be The Place”
"Once in a Lifetime"
“Genius Of Love”
"Girlfriend Is Better"
"Take Me to the River"
“Crosseyed And Painless”
Hopefully, enjoy!
TALKING HEADS – STOP MAKING SENSE (LIVE) (1984)
I can’t recall where I heard my first snippet of this album. It certainly wasn’t anything my parents were into, not my older brother for that matter. I think it must have been something off the radio, but I do recall that first track being “Slippery People”. It was then a trip into Penny Lane Records in Chester to get the 12inch of the single. With no internet back then and pre my real interest or regular purchase of any music press, it was the live “B side” of “This Must Be The Place/Naïve Melody” that gave me a glimpse of what was to be one of my favourite albums of all time….”Stop Making Sense”.
It was a trip back to Penny Lane where I actually bought the VHS of the concert which was great. Back then not everyone had a VHS player (I think at the time we were actually renting ours), which limited the ability to have your mates listen to this new band I had discovered. So it was back again to buy the vinyl……which has subsequently been updated, with the CD and the full concert album at a later date. For me though it’s a case that I actually “saw” this album” before I actually listened to it (in its most recent format}
So which ever version of the album you listen to (not sure what the usual etiquette is for this) I think you will still get the marvel of the album. (Original album tracks are in bold if going simply on that version although not necessarily in the order below)
Starting with, “I just want to play you a tape” and the simplicity of “Psycho Killer”, running into the beauty of “Heaven”…and thinking that Tina Weymouth was pretty fit. Then we start to slowly build the songs (stage), the band, sound, energy and fun, that comes across on the tracks with Chris Frantz joining.
I think that last few weeks on this thread have made me realise the importance of a great rhythm section, whether it be Bruce/Baker, Butler/Ward or Black/Burnell, with Frantz/Weymouth being a pretty good match for those prior pairings.
I wasn’t sure as to whether to put this one up, as it could possibly have been classed as a Greatest Hits album, but with having had Jerry Lee a while back I thought I was OK…otherwise you may have got Gerry/YNWA!
So besides the quality songs I think you get the energy and quality here. David Byrne as a great frontman, Jerry Harrison with his keyboards and guitar and that aforementioned rhythm section. All augmented by Worrell/Weir/Scales & backing singers it reaches its end with the wonderful cover of “Take me to the River”…or “Crosseyed & Painless). An album that goes from simplicity and a little fragility I think in Byrnes voice, to the full on energy, funk and fun.
Whichever one you listen to I think it will bring a smile to your face…..
"Psycho Killer"
“Heaven”
“Thank You For Sending Me An Angel”
“Found A Job”
"Slippery People"
"Burning Down the House"
“Life During Wartime”
“Making Flippy Floppy”
“Swamp”
“What a Day That Was”
“This Must Be The Place”
"Once in a Lifetime"
“Genius Of Love”
"Girlfriend Is Better"
"Take Me to the River"
“Crosseyed And Painless”
Hopefully, enjoy!
Indeed I would suggest instead of listening to the record watch the film. The visual accompaniment — especially the beginning several songs — really adds to the context of the music.I'm with you on this, no idea what the fuss was about, still, it's a greatest hits sort of so that can't be all bad...can it?
On another note, it's a live album supposedly, hard to score properly if they are shit in concert.
So I take it the vinyl offering wasn't the full concert?Indeed I would suggest instead of listening to the record watch the film. The visual accompaniment — especially the beginning several songs — really adds to the context of the music.
The original release was only 8 of the songs; since then, the whole soundtrack as been released and that’s what we’ll be listening to.So I take it the vinyl offering wasn't the full concert?
Ta...found an audio of it on the tube.The original release was only 8 of the songs; since then, the whole soundtrack as been released and that’s what we’ll be listening to.